Profile: Pearl Bernstein: A Woman in New York Politics -- Precedents -- Part 1: At the Margins -- Negotiating Partisanship -- Sustaining Feminist Progressivism -- Part 2: Moving toward the Center -- Scandal in the Courts -- Fallout -- The Women of the Administration -- The Election of 1937 and...

Die Bürobeschäftigung in Deutschland ist weiter im Wachstumsmodus. Insgesamt lag der Zuwachs gegenüber dem Vorquartal bei 2,2 Prozent. Neben den großen Bürometropolen ragt vor allem Leipzig mit einem Wachstum von 6 Prozent heraus.

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations List of Graphs and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. "Women of the Middle Class, More Than Others, Need to Work" 2. Office Work and Commercial Education during the 1920s 3. Writing and Activism in 1920s Mexico City<BR />...

The late 19th and early 20th century British labour market experienced an influx of female clerical workers. Employers argued that female employment increased opportunities for men to advance; however, most male clerks regarded this expansion of the labour supply as a threat to their pay and...

Recruiting and retaining leaders and public servants at the grass-roots level in developing countries creates a potential tension between providing sufficient returns to attract talent and limiting the scope for excessive rent-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that...

Using a unique data source on marital status, partnership and sexual orientation of academics and administrators at British universities, we estimate the impact of personal relationships upon earnings for men and women. While university data cover a relatively homogeneous group of workers, the...

In deutschen Betrieben herrschen haarsträubende Zustände – ob in mittelständischen Unternehmen oder großen Konzernen, die zunehmend zu geschlossenen Anstalten mutieren. Tyrannische Chefs pflegen ihre Marotten. Statt über Sachfragen zu diskutieren, werden in endlosen Meetings Machtkämpfe...